Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Playing with watercolour

 I have a small piece of work underway playing with a few initials. Here I am thinking  about how best to get the letter L into a square (kind of sort of).  I want to decorate the letter and give it a bit of 'zing'. Some attempts are better than others...


I went with the L on the right after consulting with B - he has an idea of who it is for - and so I transferred a version to watercolour paper to have a play with.


And the next letter to play with was H.  I wanted this to look different to the L, so began a bit of a grid and used a Charles Rennie Mackintosh style of lettering.


And then started to fill in around it - playing with blocks of anticipated colour.


Swatches begin to appear for the two letters.


One done and one coloured in.


Selecting the 7 colours?


Just add water they said.  The page begins to bubble with delight and vibrant colour.  I hand write notes to self before I start the final piece - like 'put green here'; and 'go hard on the pale pink'!


I had to leave it there for the moment; but hope to have it done by the weekend - finals shall be shared soon I hope.

6 comments:

  1. so much fun to look over your shoulder ... and I really liked the bit of secondary color-play peeking out of the background mid-post

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    1. Yes, that was an 'M' I had prepared earlier Liz! It was the one I didn't select to give so acts a s a good reference when I forget how I did what I did...which happened again this time!

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  2. love the lively lilt of your Letter L and the architectonic stature of the H

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    1. Such lovely descriptions of these letters Mo - thank you! Architectonic and lilt are both perfect...go well.

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  3. nice to see the process and the lovely colours you chose. Hope to see the result soon.

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    1. The colours were bright and cheery I thought - and work well with the finals. I was re-teaching myself the process along the way and worked out a few things I could have done differently by the time I was done - too long between letters!

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